---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE-OWNED AND OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT"
description: "Requires any state agency that prints more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, notice, or promotional material to use state-owned or operated print shop capable of processing the material."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5723"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5723 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Diaz", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "McEntee", "Shallcross Smith", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b48aa166-076c-4ecb-a97c-d8655fc8acc6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5b7c9dff625f7fc546dc3a511348e0d2f0b8990f9f525ed1bdc5dcc242abfeaa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5723 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE-OWNED AND OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT

Requires any state agency that prints more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, notice, or promotional material to use state-owned or operated print shop capable of processing the material.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5723 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5723A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b48aa166-076c-4ecb-a97c-d8655fc8acc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).